Prisons
Can imprisoned asylum seekers be deported?
What happens to a Somali refugee may give the answer
Brief | 18 August 2017
State mental health patients are being held in prisons
There is a shortage of hospital beds in the Eastern Cape for inmates with mental illness
News | 27 July 2017
Catch 22 for refugee in prison
Somali denied parole as he is unable to renew documentation
News | 26 July 2017
Isolated prisoners file court application
Inmates at Kgosi Mampuru II want to be moved back to their cells
News | 25 July 2017
Lost trial record hampers prisoner’s appeal
Bongile Mbangane’s case is not unusual in disorganised court system
News | 20 July 2017
Prisoners relocated after riot at correctional facility
Inmates staged sit-ins and hunger strikes over long backlogs for parole
News | 7 July 2017
Prison sit-in turns violent
Inmates at Pretoria correctional facility were protesting over parole backlogs
News | 3 July 2017
Justice minister admits huge backlog of parole cases
“I am told on average I get taken to court ten times a week”
News | 30 June 2017
Most allegations of assault in prison are not properly investigated
Inmate claims he was “assaulted, choked and humiliated” by officials
News | 22 June 2017